Settled in Arlington

Hey

Life has been and is still quite hectic. After having introduced my successor (intern) at the bank, I ended my internship, packed my few belongings and took the plane to NYC (yes, it's apparently much cheaper to fly to New York (via Dusseldorf), from ZRH, instead of heading directly to Washington (Dulles)). The bus from NYC to hot-humid DC was a mere 20 bucks (there are many Chinatown buses).
I think I still have to get used to many small things here (e.g. why the hell do they use different sheet sizes? Nobody here knows the DIN A4 page, they all use standard 10 (8.5 x 11 inch or so, which is a bit broader, but less long).
After a strenuous two week math camp I try to get used to the semester which started this week. And I am still waiting for most of my textbooks (which are usually bought second hand here, as the prices are just crazy). However, an annoyance is amazon, where I ordered most books. There is not just a huge difference between the shipment date range and the delivery, but they apparently postpone bot date ranges. So what seemed to be a matter of 3-5 days becomes not a waiting time of 3-5 weeks.... not enough calamity: here you pay also the transport costs while e.g. amazon germany ships the books for free if their value exceed 50 bucks.

Let's see, what else is coming